I’ve been running the RSW/US business for the past 9 years and while we’ve certainly met with our share of successes, we had a couple of firsts this year that we look at with mixed emotions. We’ve had a lot of clients win a lot of business, but never before have we had a client […]
“The whole CMO musical chairs thing is finally starting to fade.” A quote from an agency principal I spoke with recently. It came from a discussion point around finding the right person, the decision maker, when prospecting. In our conversation, he discussed the pain they’d experienced in prospecting the wrong contacts, and specifically CMO’s more […]
Agency new business is tough. This statement is a surprise to no one. But agency principals often forget this when dealing with everything else that goes on while running the show. Whether you have a team or a single new business director, take the time to inspire them. A piece appeared on Inc. titled Fire […]
I was in a recent kickoff with a new client in NYC and at one point during the meeting, the agency principal remarked that he used to be more concerned about the fact that his shop was no longer a hot, new shop. He said he came to peace with that fact when one of […]
